For most, weekends means two days off work with some much-needed R&R. But for game developers, it’s also a time during which they get to show off what they’ve been working on. I am of course referring to Screenshot Saturday, which involves tweeting screenshots with the #ScreenshotSaturday hashtag. Screenshots which I will be critiquing some of every single Tuesday, in Speculating Screenshots.
Different screenshots from different developers, all working on different games. Some are very much a WIP, while other are from titles rapidly approaching release. These tweets do all have one thing they in common though, which is that they feature actual screenshots (or at the very least, mockups), animated or stills.
Kazik runs away from his own train! #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame pic.twitter.com/XfjwgNMVdR
— Pukeko Technologies (@PukekoTech) March 15, 2016
Is it just me, or does that train look… evil? Man, those eyes.
https://twitter.com/mguniverse/status/709260217754628097
So. Very. Retro.
Wizards of Lezama, con el arte de la genia Camila Martorelli: https://t.co/dmi4irClVR#screenshotsaturday (atrasado) pic.twitter.com/qNzgPhuz6o
— Ricardo Moran (@Richo_Moran) March 14, 2016
Let’s get ready to ruuuuuuuuuuumble!
#screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/8j7qb3WBnX
— neko.works (@bakanekofr) March 13, 2016
Ew, slum spiders!
Late #screenshotsaturday
First level of my game (WIP) pic.twitter.com/iAavf2OuGu— Richard (@xr3alx) March 13, 2016
Someone really oughta crank that valve already.
https://twitter.com/Neokuriyo/status/708911420377800704
Could those floors be more pink?
#screenshotsaturday #mainlining The Cyber Espionage Hacking Sim playable teaser #gamedev https://t.co/V5x1wv6h0K pic.twitter.com/vWG523wrQB
— Merge Games (@MergeGamesLtd) March 13, 2016
Looks too good, so I call hacks (get it?).
When we dispose our wastes into the environment, this is what happens to it #gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/9QDqmjeuuZ
— Grashers (@GrashersGame) March 13, 2016
Unrealistic, and yet, a very scary thought.
#screenshotsaturday Pick up new skills, fend off enemies, and search for the exit. #indiedev pic.twitter.com/MgqJXtp2lN
— DifferentName (@DifferentName13) March 12, 2016
Oho! I sense a tactical affair!
Sometimes you just don't wanna do the thing. #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/SHhqEi9pfy
— Night School Studio | OXENFREE II Out Now! (@nightschoolers) March 12, 2016
A much too familiar feeling, if there ever was one.